Essays on the punishment of death
Publisher: By the Author; Charles Gilpin
Published: 1851
Place of publication: Boston; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Notes: Signatures: 1-20⁶ [21]⁶ [$1,3 (-8₃) signed]

Stereotyped by George A. Curtis, New England Type and Stereotype Foundry

Steel engraved portrait of John Howard (facing title page); steel engraving of "The Good Shepherd" (facing p 173) and wood engraving, "Preparing for execution" (p 203).

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Half bound in contemporary black leather and paper, all edges sprinkled.